Adjustable window-shade roller.



A. B. HAMEL.

, ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SHADE ROLLER.

Patented July 29, 19-13.

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'APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 21, 1912.

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ANTOINE B. HAMEL, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ADJUSTABLE WINDOW-SHADE ROLLER.

Patented July 29, 1913.

Application filed August 21, 1912. Serial No. 716,274.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANTOINE B. HAMEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Window-Shade Rollers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to adjustable Window shade rollers, the main object of the invention being to provide practical means capable of easy control on the part of the operator, by means of which the roller carry ng a curtain or shade may be adjusted up and down, so as to position said roller at any desired distance from the top of a window frame, thereby permitting light and ventilation over the roller and shade. At the same time, the device may be used in connection with two shades, an upper one, and a lower one, so as to position both of the shades at any desired point. 1

A further object of the invent-ion. is .to provide a novel and economical form of fittings for sustaining the different parts of the mechanism in position ona window frame to obtain the desired result.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination andarrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accomp'anying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Inth'e drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a window showing the device of this invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing a modified arrangement of the device involving the same principle. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank from which the top pulley frame is formed. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the blank from which one of the bottom pulley frames is formed. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the blank from which one of the runner blanks is formed. Fig. 6 is a plan view of a top pulley frame blank of modified form. Fig. 7 is a similar view of a right hand runner bracket of modified form. Fig. 8 is a similar view of the left hand bracket blank. Figs. 9 and 10 are planviews of the right and left hand blanks for another modified form of runner bracket. Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a window sill, 2 and S'theside frame members or jambs of the window casing, and 4' the top or cap piece of the window frame.

In its preferred embodiment, the invention is applied to the outside face of the window frame, as shown in Fig. 1, but it will be understood as the description proceeds, that the device may be applied to the inside face of the window frame, as shown in Fig. 2.

The invention will first be described under the arrangement shown in Fig. 1.

6 designates a pair of vertical uide rods connected to the opposite sides of the window frame, as shown in Fig. 1, said guide rods being of metal and of any desired length, according to the extent to which it is desired to adjust the shade roller. Each rod 6 is sup-ported at its lower end by a bottom pulley frame, comprising back or base 7, a

front 8, a top connecting wall or web 9 notched or cut away at opposite sides, as

shown at 10, to provide a space for the runs for the cord hereinafter described, a bottom 11, and an attaching flange 12, through which a screw 13 or its equivalent passes into the window frame, as shown. The bottom 11 is also notched or cut away, as shown at 14, to provide for holding the operating cord, hereinafter particularly described.

lVithin the frame just described is arranged a grooved pulley wheel 15, the j ournal pin 16 of which passes through the front and back of the frame, and also through an opening in the bottom of the adjacent guide rod 6, thereby securely anchoring said guide rod to the frame.

Located directly. above: the two bottom pulley frames just referred to are two top Epulley frames, each of which comprises a base 17, a front 18, top and bottom 19 and 20, respectively, and a forwardly projecting flange 21 which is provided with an opening 22 to receive and hold the upper end of the adjacent guide rod 6, and other openings 23 and 24 to receive the two runs of the cord at that side of the Window frame. The

base 17 is extended at opposite ends and provided with holes to receive screws or other fasteners 25, by means of which the frame is secured to the cap piece of the window frame.

Within each of the top pulley frames, there are mounted two pulleys 26 and 27, over which the cord, shown at 28, passes, and it will be observed that between the two top pulley frames, the runs of the cord are crossed, as shown at 29.

Mounted to slide up and down onthe guide rods 6 are oppositely arranged runner brackets 30, each of which comprises a base 31, inwardly extending flanges 32 at the top and bottom provided with holes 33 to receive the guide rod 6, and a forwardly projecting arm 34, the arm of one bracket being provided with an inclosed hole 35 to receive the pint-le at one end of the shade roller, while the other arm is provided with an open slot 36 to receive the other flattened pintle of the roller. Each of the runner brackets is also provided in the base thereof with a plurality of holes 37, through which the cord 28 may be fastened, so as to fasten the cord to the runner bracket, causing the latter to travel whenever the cord is moved up or down.

Attached to the cord 28, at any suitable point,'is an operating cord 38, which is provided at one or more points with a stop 39 adapted to be moved into engagement with the notch 14 in the bottom pulley frame, or a notch 40 in the lower edge of the arm 34 of the adjacent runner bracket 30. The opcrating cord 38 may be provided with any number of such stops, and when these stops are caught in the notches referred to, the runner brackets are held against sliding downward, thereby supporting the curtain shade roller and shade at any desired elevation between the top and bottom of the window frame.

Each of the bottom pulley frames, top pulley frames, and runner brackets are formed out of a single blank of sheet metal of any desired gage, as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, 3 designating the blank for the top pulley frame, 4 the blank for the bottom pulley frame, and 5 the blank for the runner bracket.

Instead of applying the pulley frames, guide rods and runner brackets to the outside face of the window frame, as shown in Fig. 1, said parts may be arranged on the inside of the window frame, as shown in Fig. 2. In this case, the top pulley frames will each be formed of a blank similar to that shown in Fig. 6 which is subsequently bent along the dotted lines into the shape shown in Fig. 2, wherein it is seen to comprise the L-shaped base 41, the front and rear side walls 42, and a single journal pin 43, on which the two top pulleys 44 and 45 are mounted to take the two runs of the cord 28 at that side of the window frame. The bottom pulley frames are formed in the same manner as those shown in Fig. 1, the blank of which is shown in Fig. 4, the only difference being that said bottom pulley frames are applied to the inner faces of the jambs instead of to the outer faces thereof. The runner brackets are formed as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, one indicating a right-hand and the other a left-hand bracket. By preference, each of said runner brackets is providedv at the top and bottom with holes 46 and 47 to receive the pintles of two shade rollers, one for the upper shade, and one for the lower shade, and each runner bracket is further provided with the inwardly extending flanges 49 and 50 provided with the holes 51 to receive the guide rods 6, in a manner clearly understood by reference to Fig. 2. In all other respects, the arrangement is a duplicate of that shown in Fig. 1, and described in connection therewith, the top runs of the cord crossing each other, as at 29.

Where only one shade roller is to be carried by the runner brackets, they may be formed of the blanks shown in Figs. 9 and 10, which designate right and left hand brackets.- These brackets, like the others described in connection with Fig. 1, are provided at the top and bottom with inwardly extending flanges 52 provided with the holes 53 to receive the guide rods 6, being also provided with the openings 54 to receive the pintles of the shade roller.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that all of the fittings of the adjusting mechanism are made up of sheet metal, cut and bent into the final shape ready for application, to the window frame. It will further be seen that the guide rods are supported both at the top and bottom thereof, and they are anchored at their bottom ends to the bottom pulley frames by the same hinge which forms the journal for the bottom pulley wheel. When the operating cord 38 is pulled downward, the runner brackets are simultaneously moved upward along the guide rods, until the desired position is reached, when one of the stops or shoulders of the cord 38 is brought into engagement with the notch in one of the members referred to, thereby holding the members locked in position and with the shade roller suspended at the desired elevation.

A branch rope 55 may be run to the arm of one of the runner brackets, as shown in Fig. 1, for the purpose of pulling said bracketv downward, at the same time causing the other runner bracket to move downward with equal speed.

WVhat is claimed is:

1. An adjustable window shade roller, comprising parallel vertical guide rods on the window frame,bottom pulley frames supporting the lower extremities of said rods, pulleys journaled therein, top pulley frames supporting the upperextremities of the guide rods, pulleys journaled therein, runner brackets movable up and down on said guide rods and adapted to carry the shade roller, and a cord passing over said pulleys and attached to the runner brackets so as to simultaneously raise and lower said brack ets, the top and bottom pulley frames being supporting the lower extremities of said rods, pulleys journaled therein, top pulley frames supporting the upper extremities of the guide rods, pulleys journaled therein, runner brackets movable up and down on said guide rods and adapted to carry the shade roller, and a cord passing over said pulleys and attached to the runner brackets so as to simultaneously raise and lower said brackets, the top and bottom pulley frames 15 being formed with openings in which the ends of the guide rods fit and the lower end of each guide rod being held by the journal pin of the adjacent pulley wheel.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 20 in presence of two witnesses.

ANTOINE B. HAHEL.

WVitnesses MICHAEL A. CAsTELLANo, ANTHONY J. CASTELLANO.

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